Dumping-wagon.



W. L. COLLINS.

. DUMPING WAGON.

APPLIOATIOH FILED JAN. 27, 1908. RENEWED MAY 28, 1910.

Patented Aug. 23, 19 10.

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DUMPING WAGON. APPLIOATION-PILEIYJAN. 27, 1908. RENEWED MAY 28, 1910.

968,5 1 1 Patented Aug. 23, 1910. I ZSHBETS-SHEET 2. E 9 5- WILBUR L. COLLINS,'OF BALDWINSVILLE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO EDWARD L. MON- TAGUE, JOHN W. MONTAGUE. AND J. KENT WRIGHT, ALL OF BALDWINSVILLE, NEW

YORK, AND LEWIS NEW YORK.

Application filed January 27, 1908, Serial No. 412,895. Renewed May 28, 1910.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILBUR L. Counts, of Baldwinsville, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Dump-\Vagon, of which the following'is a specification.

My invention relates to dump wagons and has for its object the production 'of a par ticularlysim 1e and etiicient. means for returning the umping doors to their closed position and for holding the same in such position; and to this end it consists in the combinations and constructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In describing this invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawing in which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figures 1 and 2 are respectively front and rear elevations of the box of my dump wagon, the dumping doors being shown as closed in Fig. l, and open in Fig. 2. Fig. 3 is an inverted plan partly broken away of the bottom of the box. Fig. 4 is a plan of the operating mechanism and adjacent parts of the body of'the wagon. Fig. 5 is an elevation looking to the right of the parts seen in Fig. 4:.

l is the box of my dump wagon having dumping doors.2, which meet at substantially the longitudinal center of the box, the doors inclining upwardly and outwardly from their meeting edges. Said doors are provided with upwardly extending supporting members 3 and d at their front and rear ends, which are pivoted at 5 and 6, respectively, to the front and rear end boards of the box the pivots 5 and 6 being located nearer the outer edges of the doors'tlian the inner edges so that the doors will s mg outwardly when released. ln'ider the weight of the load. One of the front members 3 is provided with an upwardly extendia'ig a'rin7, and one of the rear mmnbers 4 is also provided with a similar arm 8, and links 9 and 10 connect, respectively, the arm 7 and the other front member 3, and the arm 8 and the other rear member, said linkst) and 10 serving to transmit the motion of one door to the other and to equalize the movement of the doors. v,

The doors are normally held in their closed positions by locking means carried by and swinging with one of the doors 2,

Specification of Letters Patent.

front and rear ends N. OSTRANDER AND ADDISON D. MERRY, BOTH OF PHOENIX,

DUMPING-WAGON.

Patented Aug. 23, 1911 Serial No. 563,975.

the opposite door 2, and with a cam-face 16 in advance of the shoulder 14. The rock shaft is turned in one direction to move the latch into operative position by a spring 17 which is connected at one end to an arm 18 mounted on the rear end of the rock-shaft 11 and at its other end to the corresponding member 4. Such rock-shaft is operated to move the catch 12 out of operative position against the action of the spring 17 by a lever 19 mounted on the front end of a forwardly extending rock-shaft 20 located in front of the box and journaled in bearings formed in blocks or brackets 21 secured to the inner face of the neck 22 of the body of the wagon, the rock-shaft 20 being pro-, vided at its rear end with a rock-arm 23 which is connected to the rock-arm 24 car ried on the front end of the shaft 11 by a link 25. Obviously, when the lever 19 isdepressed, motion will be transmitted to the rock-shaft 11 through the rock-shaft v20, arm 23, link 25, and arm 24, and the latches 12 will be moved outwardly disengaging their shoulders 1t momentarily from tilaelip 15 so that the doors will be opened by the weight of the load in the box. As the doors are approaching their closed positions, the cam faces 16 of the latches 12 engage the lip 15 so that the latches are depressed and tin turning the doors to their closed position,

this means consisting of a foot lever 26 and connections b tween said-lever and oneof the front supporting members 3 of the dumping doors.

prise a rock-shaft 27, extending parallel to the rock-shaft 20 and journaled in bearings formed in the blocks or brackets 21 and carrying rock-arms 28 and 29 at its Said connections com-- respectively, and links.

connecting, respectively, the front til the foot lever :26, and the rear it) and the arm f4 of one of the doororting 'iIi'llfiDiJBlS 3. My "dump wagon e provided with two forwardly "lrshafts arranged side by side sled in the same bearing'block, is being operable indepeiidently r and connected respectively to mechanism and to the doors.

cleim is 1 2 do 1p Wagon, a box having dump doors movable outwardly in opposite diinching means for holding the doors closed position, two forwardly-e1:- loch-shafts arranged in front of the being COl'lllEOLLd. at its rear end to the for moving the some and connected its rear end to 15, and operating levers conec vely, to the front ends of said ""ntially and for the purpose n dump Wagon, box ha ing duni; Moors movable outwardly in opposite es for locking the doors in position, two forwardly-extendiafts supported by the neck of ,on, one being; connected at its rear to ootii of the doors for moving the same i the other connected atits rear end loo, 11g means, and operating levers icd LO the front ends of said shafts, sci-ally as and for the purpose set ii. in a d Limp W agon, a box having dumping movable outwardly in opposite direc- HtJZUW for locking; the doors in their tion, div extending two it) v is supported by the neck of the and arranged side by side, one being l at its rearcndto both of the doors r moving the some and the other being d at its rear end to the locking ind operating levers connected to Infill? ends of said shafts, substantially for the purpose specified.

c: dump wagon, a, box having dump doors swinging outwardly in opposite 'ons, the inner edges of the doors meetrcn the doors are closed, locking means norn'isll y holding the doors from opensold means comprising a roclc-sl'nift arcd on the lower face of one door near ectizig; edges of the doors, and latch mounted on the nick-shaft extending wind. the nicotine edges of the doors and other door, two fori'ardly ex- "mfts located in front of the b Li the llcorxsf'ir moving the the other being con ed at its i to the first-mentioned eocloshutt, and operextending forwardly from the box and connected to the locking means, an operating lever connected to the forward end of the said rock-shaft, means for (:lOSlIlg the doors comprising a rock-shaft extending along the first-mentioned rock-shaftthe rear end of the second-mentioned shaft being connected to the supporting member at one end of one of the doors eccentric to the pivot of said member, and an operating lever connected to the front end of the second-mentioned rock-shaft, and means for transmitting the motion of one door to the other, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

6. 111 a dump-wagon, a box having laterally swinging doors, the inner edges of the doors meeting When the doors are closed, and said doors being provided with upwardly extending supporting members at their ends, said members being pivoted to the ends of the box, a block formed with two bearings fixed to the inner face of the neck of the Wagon, locking means for holding the doors in their closed position, the locking means comprising a rock-shaft arranged on the lower face of one of the doors near the meeting edges of the doors and a latch mounted on the rocl :shaft and extending bey nd the meeting edges of the doors and engaging the other door, two forwardly extending shafts journaled, respectively, in the bearings of said block and connected at their rear ends, respectively, to the supporting member at one end. of one of the doors eccentric to the pivot of said member and to the rock-shaft of the locking means, operating levers connected to the front ends of the rock-shafts, and means for transmitting motion from one door to the other, substantially as and for the purpose described.

ln testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two attesting Witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, this 17th day of January, 1908.

WILBUR L. CGLLINS.

Witnesses L. l rlONTAGUE, Dnvrs, 

